Background: Hydatidosis is a common disease of both humans and animals, resulting from infection with the larvae Echinococcus granulosus tapeworm. The aim this study was to investigate antiparasitic (protoscolicidal) activities three essential oils in vitro. Methods: This designed evaluate biochemical composition vitro effects Zataria multiflora, Origanum vulgare Mentha pulegium oils. Gas chrom...

Abstract Over the past several years, greener fabrication of metal oxide nanoparticles has attracted significant attention due to their simplicity, eco-friendliness, availability, and nontoxicity. This paper focused on nickel (NiO-NPs) using leaf extract Ziziphus spina-christi L. evaluating its potential biological activities. The characterization synthesized NiO-NPs was confirmed ultraviolet–v...

Hydatidosis, caused by Echinococcus granulosus is one of the most important zoonotic diseases, throughout most parts of the world. Hydatidosis is endemic in Iran and responsible for approximately 1% of admission to surgical wards. There are extensive genetic variations within E. granulosus and 10 different genotypes (G1-G10) within this parasite have been reported. Identification of strains is ...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Cystic echinococcosis (CE) has a wide host range and distinct entities, not only reflected phenotypically but also by genotypic variation. Considering this fact, this study was undertaken to characterize the Indian isolates of Echinococcus granulosus to find out difference between Indian cattle, buffalo and sheep isolates on the basis of random amplification of polymorphi...

Abstract—The dog tapeworms Echinococcus granulosus develop hydatid cysts in various organs in human and domestic animals worldwide including Bangladesh. The aim of this study was to identify and characterize the genotype of E. granulosus isolated from cattle using 12S rRNA and Cytochrome oxidase 1 (COX 1) genes. A total of 43 hydatid cyst samples were collected from 390 examined cattle samples ...

The purpose of this study was to determine the morphometrical characteristics of the larval hooks of Echinococcus granulosus in Turkey. The number of rostellar hooks (NH) and the total length of long blades, length of the blade of the long hooks, the total length of small blades and the length of the blade of the small hooks were measured in sheep and cattle isolates. The principal component an...

Figure 1. Noncontrast computed tomography scan of the pelvis. The arrow points to a lytic lesion in the posterior mid-right ilium characteristic of a space-occupying hydatid cyst. Diagnosis: hydatid cyst bone disease. Cysts removed from the iliac bone cavity (figures 1 and 2) were consistent with hydatid cysts due to Echinococcus species. Microscopic examination confirmed the diagnostic feature...

The taeniid tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus is the causative agent of the echinococcal disease, an important zoonosis with worldwide distribution. Accurate immunodiagnosis of the infection requires highly specific and sensitive antigens to be used in immunodiagnostic assays. The choice of an appropriate source of antigenic material is a crucial point in the improvement of the diagnostic featur...

Hydatid cyst fluid (HCF), somatic antigens (S-Ag) and excretory-secretory products (ES-Ag) of Echinococcus granulosus protoscoleces are used as the main antigenic sources for immunodiagnosis of human and dog echinococcosis. In order to determine their non-shared as well as their shared antigenic components, these extracts were studied by ELISA-inhibition and immunoblot-inhibition. Assays were c...

A specific monoclonal antibody (MAb; EG 02 154/12) directed against a protein epitope of Echinococcus granulosus antigen 5 was used to screen a cDNA library constructed from E. granulosus protoscoleces RNA. One clone designated Eg14 was selected and shown to code for an amino acid sequence partially homologous to that of the clone Eg6 previously identified with the same MAb. Hydrophobic cluster...